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The 2010 Ice Melt Barrel on Evergreen Lake officially hit water on Monday, April 12, at 14:35:43, but two days after the steel drum was spotted in a floating position, the barrel disappeared off everyone’s radar screens.

It was the latest splashdown in the four-year history of the fund-raiser, which is staged by Mountain Foothills Rotary members.

The Evergreen Park and Recreation District has received a $107,000 Open Space Joint Venture Grant to make landscaping and other outdoor improvements at Evergreen Lake. The district is projected to spend $43,000 for a total project cost of $150,000.

Based on the grant application, the bulk of the money, or $77,000, is to add 2 inches of asphalt to the parking lot “to even it out and clean it up,” said Dick Wulf, park district consultant. “It’s not in very good shape.”

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested an 18-year-old Evergreen man in the slaying of his sister after responding to a call of an adult female not breathing in the 30000 block of Hilltop Drive in Evergreen at 11 p.m. April 8.

Zachariah Thomas Santaguida was booked into the Jefferson County jail, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

The victim, a 24-year-old woman, has not been identified. Her sister found her in the family home, where the brother also was living, according to police.

A South Jeffco medical marijuana dispensary has temporarily closed following a hearing that upheld a zoning violation notice issued to the business.

The owner of Footprints Health & Wellness, Marc Giuliani, said he will appeal the board of adjustment’s decision in district court. The board voted 4-1 to uphold the violation notice, which subjects Giuliani to a potential $1,000 fine for every day he sells medical marijuana.

A group of Evergreen environmental enthusiasts has started a nonprofit organization — Evergreen’s Alliance for Sustainability + You, or “E.A.S.+Y” for short — to encourage more people to recycle and “to leave no trace.”

“Our purpose isn’t to create recycling stations or pick up material but have people realize how easy it would be if you just pay attention to it,” said Tupper Briggs of Re/Max Alliance Evergreen, president of the board of E.A.S.+Y and a recent convert to the recycling lifestyle.

A helicopter crash-landed on Mount Morrison above Red Rocks early Sunday morning just after the Easter sunrise service at the amphitheater.

Two people aboard the chopper, a flight instructor and a student, suffered minor injuries when the copter went down around 7:30 a.m., said Cindy Matthews, spokeswoman for West Metro Fire. A May Day call had gone out from the copter saying it was heading for a concrete pad on Mount Morrison, Matthews said.

The craft ended up putting down on the side of the mountain, then tipped over, its blades cutting into the slope.